News tagged with darwinian theory
A connected world gives viruses the edge
That's one conclusion from a new study that looked at how virulence evolves in parasites. The research examined whether parasites evolve to be more or less aggressive depending on whether they are closely ...
May 27, 2009 |
5 / 5 (1) |
0
Search results for darwinian theory
Writing a new code for life?
On "Star Trek, the aliens often look so human that crew members fall in love with them. But in real life, scientists in the field known as astrobiology can't be sure alien life would even be carbon-based like us, or use DNA ...
11 hours ago |
4.9 / 5 (8) |
1
Acquired traits can be inherited via small RNAs
Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) researchers have found the first direct evidence that an acquired trait can be inherited without any DNA involvement. The findings suggest that Lamarck, whose theory of evolution ...
Dec 05, 2011 |
5 / 5 (2) |
5
|
Sexy snacks: Study finds female mate searching evolves when mating gifts are important
In the animal world, males typically search for their female partners. The mystery is that in some species, you get a reversal -- the females search for males.
Sep 28, 2011 |
4.2 / 5 (5) |
4
|
Are cancers newly evolved species?
(PhysOrg.com) -- Cancer patients may view their tumors as parasites taking over their bodies, but this is more than a metaphor for Peter Duesberg, a molecular and cell biology professor at the University of ...
Jul 26, 2011 |
4.7 / 5 (21) |
18
|
Darwin's personal library put online
Darwin's personal scientific library, the majority of which is held at Cambridge University Library, has been digitised in a collaborative effort involving Cambridge, the Darwin Manuscripts Project at the ...
Jun 24, 2011 |
5 / 5 (2) |
0
Evolution in the back yard -- census of 750,000 banded snails leads to surprising results
Thousands of members of the public across Europe have taken part in one of the largest evolutionary studies ever, by observing banded snails in their gardens and open public spaces.
Apr 27, 2011 |
4 / 5 (2) |
1
What is life? New answers to an age-old question in astrobiology
Biologists have been unable to agree on a definition of the complex phenomenon known as "life." In a special collection of essays in Astrobiology, a peer-reviewed journal from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., leader ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 13, 2011 |
4.2 / 5 (5) |
5
Scientists show prions mutate and adapt to host environment
Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute have shown that prions, bits of infectious protein that can cause fatal neurodegenerative disease such as bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) or "mad ...
Dec 17, 2010 |
5 / 5 (2) |
0
|
Sewage water bacteria helps fill 'missing link' in early evolution
(PhysOrg.com) -- A common group of bacteria found in acid bogs and sewage treatment plants has provided scientists with evidence of a ‘missing link’ in one of the most important steps in the evolution ...
Dec 07, 2010 |
3.9 / 5 (13) |
24
|
Could thermodynamic fluctuations have led to the origins of life?
In the field of abiogenesis, scientists are currently investigating several ways in which life could have arisen from non-living matter. Generally, any theory of abiogenesis should account for two important ...
Aug 16, 2010 |
4.6 / 5 (28) |
38
|
List of search results for darwinian theory
